This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2025 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger. San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km2).

In many cases an incorporated place is geographically large because its municipal government has merged with the government of the surrounding county. In some cases the county no longer exists, while in others the arrangement has formed a consolidated city-county (or city-borough in Alaska, or city-parish in Louisiana); these are shown in bold. Some consolidated city-counties, however, include multiple incorporated places. In such cases, this list presents only that portion (or “balance”) of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place; these are indicated with asterisks (*). Cities that are not consolidated with or part of any county are independent cities, indicated with two asterisks (**).

List All data is from the United States census."Places" dataset at Census Gazetteer Files, dated September 8, 2025.2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) Table 1: Race

City Land area Water area Total area Population(2020) (mi2) (km2) (mi2) (km2) (mi2) (km2) Sitka AK 8,458 Juneau AK 32,255 Wrangell AK 2,127 Anchorage AK 291,247 Tribune* KS 1,182 Jacksonville FL 949,611 Anaconda * MT 9,421 Butte * MT 34,494 Houston TX 2,304,580 Oklahoma City OK 681,054 Phoenix AZ 1,608,139 San Antonio TX 1,434,625 Nashville * TN 689,447 Los Angeles CA 3,898,747 Statenville GA 3,697 Suffolk** VA 94,324 Buckeye AZ 91,502 Indianapolis * IN 887,642 Fort Worth TX 918,915 Dallas TX 1,304,379 Chesapeake** VA 249,422 San Diego CA 1,386,932 Austin TX 961,855 Louisville * KY 633,045 Kansas City MO 508,090 Charlotte NC 874,579 Augusta * GA 202,081 New York City NY 8,804,190 Memphis TN 633,104 Lexington KY 322,570 El Paso TX 678,815 Macon GA 157,346 Cusseta GA 9,565 Virginia Beach** VA 459,470 Tucson AZ 542,629 Chicago IL 2,746,388 Huntsville AL 215,006 Columbus OH 905,748 Columbus GA 206,922 Boulder City NV 14,885 Valdez AK 3,985 Preston GA 2,348 California City CA 14,973 Colorado Springs CO 478,961 Tulsa OK 413,066 Goodyear AZ 95,294 Albuquerque NM 564,559 Scottsdale AZ 241,361 Hibbing MN 16,214 Norman OK 128,026 San Jose CA 1,013,240 Peoria AZ 190,985 New Orleans LA 383,997 Corpus Christi TX 317,863 Wichita KS 397,532 Aurora CO 386,261 Montgomery AL 200,603 Denver CO 715,522 Sierra Vista AZ 45,308 Raleigh NC 467,665 Georgetown GA 2,235 Mobile AL 187,041 Bakersfield CA 403,455 Fayetteville NC 208,501 Birmingham AL 200,733 Carson City** NV 58,639 Lubbock TX 257,141 Omaha NE 486,051 Chattanooga TN 181,099 Mesa AZ 504,258 Las Vegas NV 641,903 Columbia SC 136,632 Detroit MI 639,111 Bunnell FL 3,276 Atlanta GA 498,715 Greensboro NC 299,035 Philadelphia PA 1,603,797 Winston-Salem NC 249,545 Portland OR 652,503 Orlando FL 307,573 Lynchburg TN 6,461 Kansas City KS 156,607 Fernley NV 22,895 Brownsville TX 186,738 Marana AZ 51,908 Little Rock AR 202,591 Yuma AZ 95,548 Henderson NV 317,610 Durham NC 283,506 Port St. Lucie FL 204,851 Athens * GA 127,315 Fresno CA 542,107 Charleston SC 150,227 Eloy AZ 15,635 Tampa FL 384,959 Hartsville TN 11,615 Casa Grande AZ 53,658 Fort Wayne IN 263,886 Jackson MS 153,701 Salt Lake City UT 199,723 Surprise AZ 143,148 Savannah GA 147,780 Reno NV 264,165 Laredo TX 255,205 Shreveport LA 187,593 Abilene TX 125,182 Cape Coral FL 194,016 Amarillo TX 200,393 Palmdale CA 169,450 Babbitt MN 1,397 North Las Vegas NV 262,527 Rio Rancho NM 104,046 Tallahassee FL 196,169 Lincoln NE 291,082 Unalaska AK 4,254 Clarksville TN 166,722 North Port FL 74,793 St. Marys PA 12,738 Nightmute AK 306 Knoxville TN 190,740 Sacramento CA 524,943 Denton TX 139,869 Palm Coast FL 89,258 Milwaukee WI 577,222 Arlington TX 394,266 Palm Springs CA 44,575 Lancaster CA 173,516 South Fulton GA 107,436 Waco TX 138,486 Dothan AL 71,072 Des Moines IA 214,133 Palm Bay FL 119,760 Baton Rouge LA 227,470 Boise ID 235,684 Oak Ridge TN 31,402 Sioux Falls SD 192,517 Edmond OK 94,428 Madison WI 269,840 Seattle WA 737,015 Coolidge AZ 13,218 Springfield MO 169,176 Beaumont TX 115,282 Lawton OK 90,381 Riverside CA 314,998 Baltimore ** MD 585,708 Toledo OH 270,871 Jonesboro AR 78,576 El Reno OK 16,989 Ellsworth ME 8,399 Caribou ME 7,396

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United States of America Outline of the United States Index of United States-related articles United States Census Bureau Demographics of the United States Urbanization in the United States List of U.S. states and territories by population List of U.S. cities by population United States Office of Management and Budget Statistical area (United States) Combined statistical area (list) Core-based statistical area (list) Metropolitan statistical area (list) Micropolitan statistical area (list) Largest cities in the United States by population by decade List of cities proper by population (most populous cities in the World) List of lists of settlements in the United States

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